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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/build.cc | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc index 0c25897f8..9ac5fd923 100644 --- a/src/libstore/build.cc +++ b/src/libstore/build.cc @@ -1950,8 +1950,11 @@ void linkOrCopy(const Path & from, const Path & to) /* Hard-linking fails if we exceed the maximum link count on a file (e.g. 32000 of ext3), which is quite possible after a 'nix-store --optimise'. FIXME: actually, why don't we just - bind-mount in this case? */ - if (errno != EMLINK) + bind-mount in this case? + + It can also fail with EPERM in BeegFS v7 and earlier versions + which don't allow hard-links to other directories */ + if (errno != EMLINK && errno != EPERM) throw SysError("linking '%s' to '%s'", to, from); copyPath(from, to); } |